Ganesh. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Ganesh

SYLLABICATION:	Ga·nesh
PRONUNCIATION:	g-nsh
VARIANT FORMS:	also Ga·ne·sha (-nsh)
NOUN:	Hinduism The god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles, son of Shiva and Parvati, depicted as a short fat man with an elephant's head.
ETYMOLOGY:	Hindi Gae, from Sanskrit Gaea, from gaea, master of throngs : gaa, throng, group of followers + a, master (from e, -, he rules over; see aik- in Appendix I).


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